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POLIA, the Minneapolis-based project of singer, Channy Leaneagh, producer, Ryan Olson, bassist, Chris Bierden and drummers, Ben Ivascu and Drew Christopherson have announced their new album ‘Madness’, due June 24th via Memphis Industries. Madness is POLIAs 7th release since 2012s ground breaking debut LP Give You The Ghost. Recorded mostly from 2020-2021 in Ryan Olsons Minneapolis studio with lyrics written and recorded by Channy Leaneagh in her room, Madness is an experimental expansion of the 4 piece family band of Chris Bierden (bass), Drew Christopherson and Ben Ivascu (drums) to include the anthropomorphic production tool AllOvers(c), designed by Olson and fellow producer & sound-artist Seth Rosetter. This latest release continues within the collaborative enclave in which POLIA resides and includes co-production by Dustin Zahn (Alive & Away), Alex Ridha and Alex Nutter (Violence). First single from the album is the anthemic pulse of Alive which Channy Leaneagh describes as follows: Bad things happen, the fire goes out; even with the best flammables it stays dark until nothing matters becomes the fire itself. Channy sums up the lyrics and the startling artwork for Madness as follows: I am here for you all and I am never truly myself here. I am her for you all and I am never truly her.